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All tested treatments significantly reduced tomato leaf miner incidence against control in both seasons.
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e0“all treatments induced significant positive impact for all infest status which reduced the incidence of the two serious insects’ i.e. T. asoluta and B. tabaci on tomato plants than the control treatment during the first and second seasons”
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Zakher, A. G.; Abdel-Aziz A.; Afsah E.; et al. Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2016. doi:10.21608/ajs.2016.14802
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- Intervention effect All tested treatments significantly reduced whitefly incidence against control in both seasons.
- Intervention effect Agryl row covers prevented tomato leaf miner infestation.
- Intervention effect White net row covers prevented tomato leaf miner infestation.
- Intervention effect Green net row covers prevented tomato leaf miner infestation.
- Intervention effect Soil drenching most effectively protected tomato plants from immature whiteflies.
- Intervention effect White net coverage gave the lowest proportion of plants with TYLCV symptoms relative to untreated controls.
- Intervention effect The treatments improved tomato vegetative growth, fruit characteristics, flowering and yield components.
- Intervention effect White net row coverage yielded 41.7 and 43.2 tons per feddan in the two seasons and ranked best among treatments.
- Intervention effect Actara foliar spraying yielded 30.32 and 32.13 tons per feddan in the two seasons.
- Intervention effect White net coverage ranked first economically, with total income of 34200 and 35700 Egyptian pounds across the seasons.
- Recommendation The authors recommend white net, followed by agryl, for high quality tomato yield during severe pest pressure.